Expressions That Don't Make Sense

He wants his cake and eat it too.

Of course he'd want to eat it! What else is he going to do with it, wipe his ass?

How about calling a car that doesn't work a "lemon?"

Perfectly good little yellow fruit, nice and tangy in drinks and so forth. What does that have to do with cars that don't run right?

I know what you mean!


Then why are we arguing?

Straight from the horse's mouth ... like horses are particularly knowledgable or honest

That expression comes from the need to look at a horse's teeth in order to determine its health/age.

Presumably both leave one with a (metaphorical, in the case of a car) taste in one's mouth?

The expression indicates a person who wants two things that are mutually exclusive.

Cute as a bug's ear.

Rhinoceros beetle? Grasshopper?

"I could care less." (not really probative of anything)

This one originally seems to have been "you can't have your cake and eat it without getting crumbs", which makes a little more sense

Makes sense to me. The fruit looks great but is it so good when you bite in to it?

Well - yes, but knowing what someone means and agreeing them aren't the same thing, know what I mean?

This has two possible origins (and is probably a combo of both). In betting (on horse racing), the best tips come from the team around the horse in question so something 'from the horse's mouth' is a kind of silly play on that but the second, and older meaning, is that you examine a horse's mouth (teeth specifically) before buying it.

Edit - rob beat me to it - oh well

Fruit fly? Aphid?

It is annoying but I kind of get it - it's more a question "I could care less?" / "Could I care any less?" (i.e. I care so little that I'm not sure it is possible for me to care any less)

Reminds me of regardless vs. irregardless ... sort of thing we say without thinking the meaning through. "I could care less" means "there are things I care less about than this" which means you do care on some level about the thing you say you don't care about.

Instead of caring less, how about: "Imagine how little I care?"

Take a shit.

I always leave a shit.